Sales

This section brings together all our editorial coverage related to sales performance, revenue growth, and commercial strategy across the UK foodservice sector. From quarterly trading updates and like-for-like sales trends to group-level reporting and market analysis, we provide restaurant operators, pub groups, catering firms, and F&B executives with timely insights into what’s driving turnover, and what’s dragging it down. Whether you manage a single site or a national portfolio, our sales reporting is geared to help hospitality leaders benchmark performance, identify consumer trends, and shape strategies that drive sustainable growth in a volatile trading environment.

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17 January

Pubs and Bars

Brighton Pier Group H1 sales top £23m amid strong NY trading

Brighton Pier Group has reported total sales of £22.7m for the 26-week period ending 26 December 2021, up 177% on the same period in 2020. Whilst trading was impacted in December due to the restrictions announced by the government, over New Year the bars recovered, trading 9% higher than in…
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14 January

Cafes and Coffee Shops

Caffè Nero secures growth opportunities amid £85m loan

Caffe Nero has announced new growth opportunities after a six-year loan of approximately £85m was agreed with Carlyle, HSBC and Santander. The firm also revealed a loan of £330m was agreed by the banks in order to refinance the brands debt with majority ownership of the group remaining with Gerry…
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14 January

Business

UK economy surpassed pre-Covid levels in November

Gross domestic product (GDP) has surpassed its pre-pandemic level for the first time as it grew by 0.9% in November 2021, according to the latest Office for National Statistics (ONS) data. In the latest release, output in consumer-facing services grew by 0.8%, mainly because of a 1.4% increase in retail…
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13 January

Pubs and Bars

Hospitality recovery dampened by Omicron as December takes £3bn hit

The hospitality sector has suffered “devastating” sales falls in the last week of the year, according to the latest pub, bar and restaurant market figures from UKH and CGA. The wider hospitality sector witnessed a 40% drop in sales for the month versus the same period in 2019, as depleted…
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13 January

Cafes and Coffee Shops

Pret A Manger to increase staff pay with £9.2m investment

Pret A Manger has announced plans to invest over £9.2m in staff pay, its “biggest” pay and benefits increase in its 36-year history. From 1 April 2022, 8,000 UK team members will see their pay increase from a baseline of £9.40-9.56, to up to £10.15 per hour, with more than…
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13 January

Pubs and Bars

Mitchells and Butlers Q1 sales hit by Omicron impact

Mitchells and Butlers saw like-for-like sales decline by 6% during the 15-week period ending 8 January 2022 as the impact of the Omicron variant hit. The group said that the impact was particularly felt in the most recent four weeks, over the festive season, during which like-for-like sales have been…
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10 January

Food and Drink

Omicron fears cut Christmas drinks sales by a quarter

Average drinks sales by value in Britain’s managed pubs, bars and restaurants in the three weeks to New Year’s Day were 25% below the same period two years ago, the drinks recovery tracker by CGA has revealed. Footfall was hit “particularly hard” in the run-up to Christmas, as the government…
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10 January

Pubs and Bars

Nightcap sees H1 sales increase 46% to £15.5m

Nightcap has announced that during the 26-week period ending 26 December 2021, group net sales reached £15.5m. The results were 46.2% higher than in the same period in 2019 and showed a 22.4% like-for-like increase compared with the same period in 2019. Although more than 7,500 bookings for the Christmas…
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10 January

Business

UK restaurant groups see losses increase 174% to £673m

Losses at the the top 100 UK restaurant groups increased by 174% last year to £673m, up from a loss of £246m in September 2020, revealed UHY Hacker Young. Lost sales reportedly cost the hospitality sector around £200m a day during lockdown, with restaurants continuing to incur “substantial” costs such…
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10 January

Features

The digital era: Taster takes on Manchester

Can you explain what Taster is? Taster is a group of digital restaurant brands, inspired by street food and purpose built for delivery. As the first delivery-only food group to scale using a modern franchise model, we work with partners to operate Taster brands from their existing kitchens using our…
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